Living Blues #257 September/October 2018

WHAT'S INSIDE:

Latimore

Some Things You Can’t Fake

Forty-four years after Let’s Straighten It Out shot to No. 1 on the R&B charts, the deep, rich-toned vocals of Benny Latimore still melt hearts.

Roosevelt Purifoy Jr.

It’s Like I Stumbled Into the Blues

By Scott M. Bock

One of Chicago’s top pianists, Roosevelt “Hatter” Purifoy Jr. never thought he would wind up playing the blues. Now at age 60, he has played and recorded with some of the city’s best.

Bruce “Mississippi” Johnson

Soulful Funky Music

By Mike Stephenson

Winner of the 2017 LB award for “Artist Deserving More Attention,” Bruce “Mississippi” Johnson tells a unique life story that has taken him from Starkville, Mississippi, to Zaire, Paris and now England to sing the blues.

Bitten by the Blues

The Alligator Records Story

By Bruce Iglauer and Patrick A. Roberts

In this excerpt from his new book, Bitten by the Blues: The Alligator Records Story, label founder Bruce Iglauer tells the story of recording Hound Dog Taylor for his first release.